pork pie
Britishnoun
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a pie filled with minced seasoned pork
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See porky 2
Example Sentences
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And there they were, marching across the Selma bridge; Belafonte, humming and singing, Davis in a tweed coat and pork pie hat, and thousands more, a multiracial army.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
The stylistic prerequisites included army-surplus trench coats festooned with pins and badges, pork pie hats and anything with a checkerboard pattern.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2021
Episode 9, "Double Time" Easter egg: Two pork pie hats can be seen in the background through Charles' window.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
A rhubarb and custard dessert pie, made by Portsmouth's Mad K Pies, and an authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie by Dickinson & Morris were declared runners-up.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021
“No taste for pork pie, my lord? The best pork pie we ever tasted, our fat friend would have us believe.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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